Today’s one Chinese sentence a day’s topic sentence comes from a positive quote about attitude. Life is very difficult sometimes; when you are down and depressed, I hope you can try to change your attitude and see from the silver lining of the dark clouds. It is easy to say than to do, I know, but, we only live this life once. So, cherish whatever you still have and make the best of it. I hope everyone in lost circumstances can see the light at the end the doomed tunnel of darkness. Don’t ever give up hope … don’t ever …
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Learn Mandarin Chinese, how to say – We are in charge of our attitudes.
我们掌握主导我们的态度。
wǒ men zhǎng wò zhǔ dǎo wǒ men de tài du.
wǒ (我 pronoun, I) men (们 suffix to show plural) zhǎng wò (掌握 verb phrase, hold it in the palm) zhǔ dǎo (主导 verb phrase, lead) wǒ men (我们 possessive pronoun, our) de (的 particle to connect the attributive and the noun it modifies) tài du (态度 noun, attitude).
This is the original quote in English
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company … a church … a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude …
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it.
And so it is with you …
We are in charge of our Attitudes.”
Charles Swindoll
I translated the quote into Chinese and also provide the pinyin and recording.
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“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
活得越久，我越了解态度对生活的影响。
huó de yuè jiǔ , Wǒ yuè liǎo jiě tài du duì shēng huó de yǐng xiǎng .
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company … a church … a home.
态度，对我来说，比事实更重要。它比过往更重要，也比教育，金钱，状况，失败，成功，别人的想法或说法或所做之事来得重要。它也比外表，天赋或技能更重要。它也可创造或摧毁一家公司…一间教堂…或着一个家。
tài du , duì wǒ lái shuō , bǐ shì shí gèng zhòng yào . tā bǐ guò wǎng gèng zhòng yào , yě bǐ jiào yù , jīn qián , zhuàng kuàng , shī bài , chéng gōng , bié rén de xiǎng fǎ huò shuō fa huò suǒ zuò zhī shì lái dě zhòng yào . tā yě bǐ wài biǎo , tiān fù huò jì néng gèng zhòng yào . tā yě kě chuàng zào huò cuī huǐ yī jiā gōng sī …yī jiān jiào táng …huò zháo yī ge jiā .
The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.
可贵的事是，每一天我们都可以选择我们将怎么拥抱（看待）那一天的态度。我们不能改变我们的过去。我们无法改变人们会以某种方式行事的事实。我们无法改变无法避免的事。
kě guì de shì shì , měi yī tiān wǒ men dōu kě yǐ xuǎn zé wǒ men jiāng zěn me yōng bào ( kàn dài ) nà yī tiān de tài du . wǒ men bù néng gǎi biàn wǒ men de guò qù . wǒ men wú fǎ gǎi biàn rén men huì yǐ mǒu zhǒng fāng shì xíng shì de shì shí . wǒ men wú fǎ gǎi biàn wú fǎ bì miǎn de shì .
The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude …
我们唯一能做的是拨动操控我们所有的那根弦，而那就是我们的态度…
wǒ men wéi yī néng zuò de shì bō dòng cāo kòng wǒ men suǒ yǒu de nà gēn xián , ér nà jiù shì wǒ men de tài du
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it.
我相信，生活中有百分之十会无可避免地发生在我身上，然而有百分之九十是取决於我如何因应。
Wǒ xiāng xìn , shēng huó zhōng yǒu bǎi fēn zhī shí huì wú kě bì miǎn dì fā shēng zài Wǒ shēn shàng , rán ér yǒu Bǎi fēn zhī jiǔ shí shì qǔ jué yú Wǒ rú hé yīn yìng .
We are in charge of our Attitudes.”
我们掌握主导我们的态度。“
wǒ men zhǎng wò zhǔ dǎo wǒ men de tài du
Charles Swindoll
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